Image forming apparatus

Active Publication Date: 2020-09-10
CANON KK
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[0007]The present invention has solved the above problems, and a principal object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus

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For this reason, due to cause such as mechanical accuracy, speed non-uniformity or the like of a plurality of photosensitive drums, a transfer belt and a feeding belt occur for each of colors at different times in some cases, so that when color images do not coincide with each other when the color images are superposed and thus color misregistration occurs.
The unsteady color misregistration occurs due to a rotation speed fluctuation or the like of the photosensitive drums and a driving roller or the like for the transfer belt and the feeding belt.
However, a

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[0033]A structure of an image forming apparatus 100 according to the present invention in a first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

[0034]The structure of the image forming apparatus 100 including an intermediary transfer belt 12a will be described. FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the structure of the image forming apparatus 100 including the intermediary transfer belt 12a. The image forming apparatus 100 is an example of a color laser printer. The image forming apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes four (plurality of) photosensitive drums 1Y, 1M, 1C and 1K as image bearing members corresponding to colors of yellow (Y), magenta (M), cyan (C) and black (K), respectively. Incidentally, for convenience of explanation, description is made using the photosensitive drum 1 representing the photosensitive drums 1Y, 1M, 1C and 1K in some cases. This is true for other image forming process means.

[0035]Each photosensitive drum 1 is rotationally dri...

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[0140]Next, by using FIGS. 6 to 9, a structure of an image forming apparatus 100 according to the present invention in a second embodiment will be described. Incidentally, constituent elements similar to those in the first embodiment described above are represented by the same reference numerals or symbols or by different reference numerals or symbols in some instances, and will be omitted from description. Part (a) of FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a structure of a drive transmission device 28 for the intermediary transfer belt 12a in this embodiment, and part (b) of FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion G shown in part (a) of FIG. 6. Part (a) of FIG. 7 is an illustration of a relationship between rotation non-uniformity of a driving roller gear 29 alone and each primary transfer position 27 in this embodiment, and part (b) of FIG. 7 is an illustration of a relationship between rotation non-uniformity of a driving roller pre-stage gear alone and each primary ...

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[0175]Next, by using FIGS. 10 to 12, a structure of an image forming apparatus 100 according to the present invention in a third embodiment will be described. Incidentally, constituent elements similar to those in the respective embodiments described above are represented by the same reference numerals or symbols or by different reference numerals or symbols in some instances, and will be omitted from description.

[0176]Part (a) of FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing a structure of a drive transmission device 28 for the intermediary transfer belt 12a in this embodiment, and part (b) of FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a portion G shown in part (a) of FIG. 10. Part (a) of FIG. 11 is an illustration of a relationship between rotation non-uniformity of a driving roller gear 29 alone and each primary transfer position 27 in this embodiment. Part (b) of FIG. 11 is an illustration of a relationship between rotation non-uniformity of a motor gear 30 alone and each primary tran...

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Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an intermediary transfer belt, first to third image bearing members, a driving member, and first and second drive transmission members, and includes first to third transfer positions. A first inter-transfer-position distance between the first and second transfer positions and the second inter-transfer-position distance between the second and third transfer positions are different from each other. The first inter-transfer-position distance is set at “N×A” and the second inter-transfer-position distance is set at “N×A±N×A/i”, where N is an integer of rotations of the driving member during to movement of the belt in the first inter-transfer-position distance, A is a distance of movement of the belt when the driving member rotates through one-full circumference, and i is a transmission ratio between the first and second drive transmission members.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART[0001]The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine or a printer.[0002]Conventionally, as the image forming apparatus of an electrophotographic type, there is an image forming apparatus of a tandem type for forming a full-color image. The image forming apparatus of the tandem type includes a plurality of image forming portions. For this reason, due to cause such as mechanical accuracy, speed non-uniformity or the like of a plurality of photosensitive drums, a transfer belt and a feeding belt occur for each of colors at different times in some cases, so that when color images do not coincide with each other when the color images are superposed and thus color misregistration occurs.[0003]The color misregistration includes two types consisting of steady color was misregistration and unsteady color misregistration. The steady color misregistration occurs due to a deviation or the like of assembling positions o...

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IPC IPC(8): G03G15/16
CPCG03G15/1615
Inventor INO, KAZUSHIYAMAZAKI, HIROYUKIKAWAMURA, HIROSHI
Owner CANON KK
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